There appears to be some debate as to whether parsnips are nice or not. Apparently, some people detest them in the way one can hate Marmite. This was strange to me. I like parsnips. I like Marmite. Don't love 'em, don't hate 'em.

Anyway, because you're still reading, I'm going to assume you are in the 'I like parsnips' camp (officially titled Camparsnip and coming soon to a field near you) [...]

When I'm short of time, dips play a big part in my diet. A quick snack is dips with crackers or crudités. A quick lunch is dips with crackers and crudités. A quick, tired, lazy dinner is dips with crackers, crudites and leftovers. This aubergine dip will slot in nicely.

I don’t often eat smoothie bowls. But when I do, it’s partly because I feel like something sweet and ice-cold with minimal chewing requirements (often somewhat hungover when this craving strikes) but also because [...]

Before this week, I rarely ate rice. I had an unfounded and misguided perception that it is a makeweight, a carby vehicle, for the actual food to come. Not only did I not eat a lot of rice, I was also completely inept at cooking it.

However, I've been having stomach aches recently to the point that I couldn’t eat anything more exotic than bland and beige food. You can probably imagine how frustrating [...]

I was on holiday recently at a friend's house which has row after row of vegetable patches. We dug up some thin, colourful carrots to roast, but what spiked my interest was their tall and bushy tops. I can’t stand wasting food and am intrigued by any recipe that claims to make use of food by-products – meringues made from chickpea-can water? Crispy roasted potato skins? Sign me up [...]

I bought some bagel moulds recently. I know. I'd never heard of them before either.

They look like silicon witches hats on which you spear your final risen dough to create a ring shape, let it rise, boil and finally bake, all on the mould. This is all besides the point though, which is that the bagel moulds came with an equally bizarre booklet full of questionable translations and unfortunate recipe suggestions.

However, something in the booklet caught my eye. A luminous green bagel pictured as a variation on their standard bagel recipe [...]

Hey there! I'm really excited to share this recipe with you today. I haven't seen anything similar elsewhere on the web, and so am actually quite proud of it.

The concept of 'spiral protein bread' may seem strange. Let me explain how I arrived at it. As a vegan, I sometimes have to think a little further about how to get protein into my diet. (Non-vegans out there, don't jump to conclusions!- there are numerous easy vegan protein sources). Now then, I love bread. I really do. Putting two and two together, I started my mission to find a way to get some decent protein into my bread [...]